Rain Fish

I offer a children's art class in my shop and use books to inspire relaxed creativity. This s a great one, especially for mixed media or collage. Pictures are amazing. Suitable for 3-12 year olds - and older!

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Open your young one's imagination with this book & wonderful artist,author.

Birthday gift.

Rain fish only appear when it rains, coming out of the debris in the gutters. Formed of lost receipts, bottle caps, feathers, socks, leaves and more. They swim down the streets, along the gutters and on the sidewalks. You have to look fast, because they disappear quickly. These are fish who swim off to different seas, unable to be caught by fishermen.This picture book encourages children to look at debris and discarded items in a different way, seeing forms in them and wonder as well. The book’s text is simple, single lines of text on double page spreads which create rain fish that are larger than life. The end pages feature the various objects not made into fish with the objects labeled at the end of the book. This is a gorgeous book, playful and filled with artistic fun.As always, the illustrations in Ehlert’s books are the treat. Here she captures the fluidity of fish, their forms and fins with a series of objects. The youngest of children may want to name the objects the fish are made of, making this art very accessible and an opportunity to talk about the illustrations. It is also a great introduction to collages and classes or groups could do their own fish or other animals.Another solid and striking book from a masterful book maker, this picture book is another winner for Ehlert. Appropriate for ages 2-4.

Love another Ehlert book... follows format others do. Some rare words, which I love. Creative illustrations, which I also love.The size is unique, which is a blessing and a curse.... as it doesn't fit with the others.... and being different is good, but trying to find it in a hot second, not always so great which is why the four instead of five

When it rains, you can see lots of "fish" in the items all around us, splashing in puddles on the sidewalk. From this debris, Ehlert has created collage illustrations of fish swimming through all the pages. I loved examining the collages and identifying all the objects, reading the print on the tickets and receipts, etc. So clever!My children and I totally loved Lois Ehlert's work in "Chicka Chicka, Boom! Boom!" - in fact, it is so worn I am afraid I'll need to buy a new copy when they have kids. This one doesn't captivate in quite the same way because the text is so short and not as bouncy, but it invites more contemplation and that's fine, too. I think this would be great for an art teacher-- I can definitely picture inviting children to create their own "rain fish". (Might be a project for me and my kids, as well!)This work reminds me that as a writer, I frequently wish I were an illustrator...but while I lack skills for sketching and painting, I like to think I do have a creative eye, so maybe there's hope for me yet. Not all artwork requires setting pen to paper. It's also worth noting that the text in this book is extremely sparse-- generally only one sentence per two page spread, meaning only about 14 sentences in the whole book. If that isn't a daunting task, I'm not sure what is!

Rain Fish by Lois Ehlert: You must look quick or you’ll miss the rain fish. They come in all shapes and sizes, textures and colors just like regular fish, but they go away quickly. Collages out of trash make for an imaginative and fun book. How many rain fish can you find in this book? A great book for a rainy day. Then go outside and look for rain fish. Don’t wait too long.

An easy to read book for first/early readers with lots of crafting ideas (just the one extended theme: fish) using found objects, trash and odds and ends. The association of crafting with rainy days should be really helpful for children who cannot spend as much time outdoors on wet days.